Children of the Sun God
A Novel of Ancient Egypt
General Userkaf was never raised to be king. Then Egypt's
king and his heir are both dead, and he takes the empty throne. He declares
that his sons and grandsons will be known as the Children of the Sun-God. To
hold the throne, he marries the dead king's widow, Khentkaus. His first wife
fears that a son by Khentkaus could push their own son, Sahure, aside as heir.
Sahure already has a wife he married for love. Now he must marry his own sister
too, so that no other man can claim the throne through her. The wife he loves
has the same fear for her own sons. And Khentkaus has believed since childhood
that she will rule Egypt as a king. In a palace counting its sons, she is
carrying the new king's child.